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Washington state legalizes marijuana

Posted on 11/06/2012 9:36:26 PM PST by djf

I-502, a voter initiative designed to legalize the possession and personal use of Marijuana, appears to have passed.

With 50% of the statewide votes counted, the initiative leads with a 55% to 45% approval rating.

Up to one ounce of marijuana, grown at state-licensed facilities, and sold (and TAXED!) at state retail locations, will now be allowed.

There will be standards set for driving while impaired, as well as a zero-tolerance policy for persons under 21.

It is estimated it will take about a year for all the machinery to get set up before people can buy retail hooch!

Negotiations are expected between the state law and the federal level.


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KEYWORDS: cannabis; culturewars; drugs; drugwar; marijuana; potheads; wa2012; warondrugs; wod; wodlist; wosd
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To: Windcatcher
Heck, we should let them take all the drugs they want. There’s no better way to cull the herd of the stupid and slothful than to let them do it themselves.

Banning drugs certainly hasn't stopped them - but has created a major funding source for cartels and terrorists.

21 posted on 11/07/2012 9:00:15 AM PST by JustSayNoToNannies (A free society's default policy: it's none of government's business.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

So the people that don’t want to inhale smoke will have to unroll them and put it in their brownies?


22 posted on 11/07/2012 1:43:36 PM PST by stuartcr ("When silence speaks, it speaks only to those that have already decided what they want to hear.")
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To: stuartcr

The left just got finished regulating tobacco out of the public forum, not they are turning around and bringing in marijuana. The lawyers must be giddy with anticipation. There will be all the same complaints and law suits regarding second hand smoke that we saw with tobacco, and lots more.

There will be stepped up on the job drug testing by employers who cannot take the responsibility for impaired workers. There will civil suits against workers and employers in places like hospitals, who don’t do enough drug testing. Every time there is a medical error, the nurses and doctors will have to take a drug test. There will be law suits against second hand smoke coming into apts, claiming that the smoke is lowering the IQ of the children living there.

This is going to be fun to watch.


23 posted on 11/07/2012 1:53:56 PM PST by Eva
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To: stuartcr
[So the people that don’t want to inhale smoke will have to unroll them and put it in their brownies?]

Good point. The state could hire a contractor to make marijuana brownie mix, or cookie mix, or tea bags, or a THC patch. It would be better to promote the non-smoking alternatives.

24 posted on 11/07/2012 3:22:09 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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To: Eva

I’m looking forward to following this and Colo.


25 posted on 11/07/2012 4:30:50 PM PST by stuartcr ("When silence speaks, it speaks only to those that have already decided what they want to hear.")
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To: stuartcr

What is already obvious is that the proponents of the legalized marijuana have not thought through all the consequences of smoking marijuana, mostly because they don’t have jobs where drug and alcohol testing is done regularly and live in places where their neighbors also smoke it.

Marijuana is just as, if not more, carcinogenic as tobacco and smells worse. People aren’t going to put up with it in apartments and condos. The law suits in CA over tobacco smoke spreading from air ducts and fireplaces in apt and condo buildings is going to multiply exponentially with marijuana.

Then there is the new study which shows that regular marijuana use in teenagers lowers their IQ, approximately 8 points. That’s a lot when were talking the average IQ of 100. It might even explain the election results.


26 posted on 11/07/2012 5:04:58 PM PST by Eva
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To: djf

A recent study indicates that regular marijuana use among teenagers lowers their IQ by about 8 points. Considering that the average IQ is about 100, an 8 point loss is significant. Maybe that explains this year’s election results.


27 posted on 11/07/2012 5:07:23 PM PST by Eva
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To: Eva

I imagine that if it became reasonably inexpensive and easy to obtain, people will ingest it through foods instead of smoking.


28 posted on 11/07/2012 5:22:20 PM PST by stuartcr ("When silence speaks, it speaks only to those that have already decided what they want to hear.")
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To: Gluteus Maximus

Does this mean that state and local law will not do anything if someone has it in their possession? If so then the only leos that could, would have to be feds. What are the odds of that many feds running around Colo or Wash looking for people with small amounts?


29 posted on 11/07/2012 5:31:11 PM PST by stuartcr ("When silence speaks, it speaks only to those that have already decided what they want to hear.")
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To: Gluteus Maximus

Does this mean that state and local law will not do anything if someone has it in their possession? If so then the only leos that could, would have to be feds. What are the odds of that many feds running around Colo or Wash looking for people with small amounts?


30 posted on 11/07/2012 5:31:30 PM PST by stuartcr ("When silence speaks, it speaks only to those that have already decided what they want to hear.")
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To: stuartcr
Does this mean that state and local law will not do anything if someone has it in their possession? If so then the only leos that could, would have to be feds. What are the odds of that many feds running around Colo or Wash looking for people with small amounts?

The biggest problem for these stoners is that they can't get a legal supply to these stores. Pretty sure drug trafficking is still illegal.

31 posted on 11/07/2012 5:35:14 PM PST by NYRepublican72
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To: djf

Washington will be an interesting test case. Now we’ll get to see what the effects of decriminalization really are.


32 posted on 11/07/2012 5:45:08 PM PST by Yardstick
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To: NYRepublican72

Will it be legal to grow one’s own?


33 posted on 11/07/2012 5:45:22 PM PST by stuartcr ("When silence speaks, it speaks only to those that have already decided what they want to hear.")
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To: NYRepublican72

Will it be legal to grow one’s own?


34 posted on 11/07/2012 5:45:36 PM PST by stuartcr ("When silence speaks, it speaks only to those that have already decided what they want to hear.")
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To: stuartcr

in practice the Feds don’t get involved with the little guys. Unless you’re busted for smoking dope by Ranger in a federal park or something. But mostly they just go after dealers. Here in CA, where we have medical marijuana laws, the Feds target growers and distributors. They’ve been very active these past few months terrorizing potheads.


35 posted on 11/07/2012 5:47:41 PM PST by Gluteus Maximus
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To: stuartcr

You will still have the problem with on the job drug use and law suits for impaired judgement on the job. Think about hospitals, every time there is a medical error, the family is going to demand that the doctors and nurses on duty be drug tested and if anything shows up, they will sue both the doctors and the hospital. It will be the same for oil refineries and other jobs that require a clear head. There is just no way around it.

Yeah, if it becomes cheap enough, all those 47 percenters can stay home and eat marijuana brownies and cookies and numb themselves into being happy because the sure as heck won’t be able to do much else, except maybe government work.


36 posted on 11/07/2012 7:33:09 PM PST by Eva
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To: JustSayNoToNannies

No.


37 posted on 11/07/2012 9:55:36 PM PST by Bellflower (The LORD is Holy, separated from all sin, perfect, righteous, high and lifted up.)
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To: Eva

All that is why I think it will be interesting to watch how the 2 states and the feds are going handle this.


38 posted on 11/08/2012 3:47:10 AM PST by stuartcr ("When silence speaks, it speaks only to those that have already decided what they want to hear.")
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To: Eva

All that is why I think it will be interesting to watch how the 2 states and the feds are going handle this.


39 posted on 11/08/2012 3:47:25 AM PST by stuartcr ("When silence speaks, it speaks only to those that have already decided what they want to hear.")
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To: Eva

“all those 47 percenters can stay home and eat marijuana brownies and cookies and numb themselves into being happy”

There are a lot of 53%ers that either occasionally or once in a while smoke weed.


40 posted on 11/08/2012 4:04:20 AM PST by Rebelbase (The most transparent administration ever is clear as mud.)
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